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1 CAPE BUFFALO. Bos cafrer. (Record!tead.) SING SING WATERBUCK. Cobus defassa. KOB ANTELOPE. Cobus thomasi. SITATUNGA. Tragelaphus spekei. EXAMPLES OF UGANDA GAME. FromjJltolograplts by F. A. KJl07Ules.

18 THE DISTRIBUTION OF GAME IN UGANDA several narrow bands whioh appear conspiouous in the cabinet, but whioh harmonise so beautifully in nature that it is almost impossible to deteot a speoimen at

2 18 THE DISTRIBUTION OF GAME IN UGANDA several narrow bands whioh appear conspiouous in the cabinet, but whioh harmonise so beautifully in nature that it is almost impossible to deteot a speoimen at rest among dead leaves. Neither of these species has yet been bred through, and it would be of the highest interest to do so. J. archesia is common in some parts of Kikuyu and J. limnoria in Taita, &c. Other species of the genus exist in other parts of the country, but I have confined my observations to those with which I am familiar, and they will perhaps be sufficient to indicate the interest of the subjeot. THE DISTRIBUTION OF GAME IN UGANDA By F. A. KNOWLES The Game animals of the Uganda Protectorate are practically all common to East Africa, with the exception of the Cobus thomasii, or Uganda kob, which do not live east of Lake Victoria, and a small variety of the tragela phus known as the harnessed antelope. On the other hand, many of those of East Africa are not found in Uganda, such as the Grant's and Thomson's gazelles, the oryx, Coke's hartebeest and wildebeest. The distribution varies according to the altitude and natural features of the country and the various kinds of grass, scrub, &0. best suited to the different species. In some places the animals of oertain species are curiously detached in small herds, which occupy an area of a few square miles, divided from their fellows by huge tracts of country-noticeably the impala-having, it would appear,,been killed off either by the natives or by disease in the intermediate spaces, and so become isolated. Practically half of the province of Buganda and of the districts of Toro and Unyoro is covered with what is known as elephant grass, where no animals but the elephant and buffalo (excepting lion, leopard, and pig) can live. This confines the habitat for the antelope and gazelle to considerably less than

3 THE DISTRIBUTION OF GAME IN UGANDA 19 half the area of the Protectorate, including the forests and thickly populated localities with the country where they do not live. The Uganda Protectorate may be J.:Oughlydivided into the following zones, each having broadly marked characteristic features which have a general bearing on the game distribution :- (a) Undulating country with rich soil, bearing elephant grass,' intersected throughout by valleys of papyrus swamps and forest scrub. (b) Heavy timbered forest. (c).open plains and rolling downs of poor or shallow soil, with grass of the short growth variety, and stretohes of forest scrub and acacia bush. The Game may be classified roughly under each as follows : (a) Elephant, distributed practically throughout, exoept in thickly populated or badly watered regions, the large herds generally being found in the neighbourhood of the p~oipal rivers. Buffalo, ditto. Leopard, occasionally. Bush pig, numero\\b;everywhere. Sitatunga (Speke's'~ tragelaphus), fairly plentiful in the large papyrus swamps. Waterbuck Bush buck} numerous m. the forest sorub. (b) Elephant. Buffalo.. Giant pig (soaroe). Ntalaga.nia,l numerous at low altitudes. (c) Elephant, in the rainy season. Buffalo, ditto. Lion. Leopard. Waterbuck (Oobus de/assa). Bushbuck. Harnessed antelope. 1 Ntalagania is the Luganda name for a small forest duiker. 02

4 20 THE DISTRIBUTION OF GAME IN UGANDA Reed buck. Oribi. Duiker. Cobus kob (Thomasi",1, by the lake shores and larger rivers. Eland, in isolated herds, scarce. Impala " " Jackson's hartebeest. Topi (DamaliscU8 senegalemis). Wart hog. Zebra. Rhinoceros, by the Nile and in certain parts of the Eastern Province, scarce. Giraffe, Ostrich, the greater and lesser Kudu and the Roan antelope, in the Gondokoro Districts, Nile Province, ana part of the Eastern Province, but very scarce. It is curious that the last named animals, though common to British East Africa and the Sudan, do rot exist in any other part of the intervening country in the Uganda Protectora.te. Elephant.-Elephants are most plentiful inunyoro, which is a well-watered country with la.rge forests, interspersed with large open tracts of ' elephant grass,' affording good eover and an inexhaustible food and water supply. The largest tuskers are to be found in Unyollo also, which country they seem by instinct to have chosen as the safest retreat in which they can find secure hiding places where their enemy, man, would find it both difficult and dangerous to hunt them. In these fastnesses the females rear their young until large enough to travel with the herd. During the dry season the herds do not wander much, as they never like to move far from water, but, when the rains commence, they roam from one district to another where the conditions of the country suit them. The oldest beasts do not appear to migrate often, though occasionally some of the old bulls, known to have come from Unyoro, are found. in the neighbouring provinces. The elephants of the Buganda Kingdom Province are nota.b~y smaller than those fromunyoro.

THE DISTRIBUTION OF GAME IN UGANDA 21 There is another variety also, which is known as the forest elephant, which sometimes visits Uganda from the Semliki plains and the country to the west of Lake

5 THE DISTRIBUTION OF GAME IN UGANDA 21 There is another variety also, which is known as the forest elephant, which sometimes visits Uganda from the Semliki plains and the country to the west of Lake Albert, whose tusks are remarkably long and slender and quite distinct from the Uganda or Unyoro kind. Bu.ffalo.-The buffalo vary from the massive and short spreading homed variety, known as the Central African, to the wide spreading, classified as the Cape.' The former are the most common, the latter in one district. practically being found only It is curious to note, in this connexion, that the homs of the buffalo grow to an abnormal size together with those of the waterbuck, in this one district, that of Ankoli, while the cattle there are also remarkable for their wide spreading homs. It would seem that the nature of the grazing was possibly the cause of this abnormal development of horn, but this theory is upset by the fact that the horns of the antelope and gazelle in the same region are no larger than elsewhere. Hartebeest.-The distribution of the Jackson's and Topi hartebeest is curious as, in Uganda, they are never seen together, and, for no apparent reason, they appear to keep carefully to their own particular districts and never invade those of each other, the dividing line being roughly the river Katonga, the Jackson's to the north and the Topi to the south, though Topi are to be found again, some hundreds of miles north, in the Gondokoro district by the Nile. Rhinoceros.-Rhinoceros are not plentiful. They are only to be found to the east of the Nile, the river, apparently, being an impassable barrier between them and Uganda proper. Hippopotami and Crocodiles.-Hippopotamuses and crocodiles are plentiful in all the large rivers and lakes, excepting Lake Edward, which it appears they avoid on account of the brackish nature of the water. In conclusion it is noteworthy to add, concerning Game preservation, that the 'elephant grass' which covers so large a portion of Uganda is a natural protection for the animals which take to it, as it is so tall and dense that it is most difficult to see for more than a few yards ahead. The herds are

6 22 NOTES ON THE COMMON PATHOGENIC completely hidden by it and hunting is thereby rendered practically impossible. While these huge tracts of waste land, where this grass grows, remain untenanted, the elephant and buffalo will therefore still have haunts to which they can retire unmolested by the advance of civilisation. NOTES ON THE COMMON PATHOGENIC PROTOZOA IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA By R. EUSTACEMONTGOMERY, Veterinary Bacteriologist, B.E.A. In compiling these elementary notes on some of the more common pathogenic Protozoa, I have endeavoured to epitomise the modern literature, and 80 offer shortly a crude but, I trust, accurate synopsis of the species from a zoological and pathological point of view. Knowledge of the Protozoa is so imperfect and is proceeding with such rapid strides that systematic treatment of the subject is well-nigh impossible. In view, however, of the many deadly diseases of animals, and of man too, which are due to this Phylum, much attention has been devoted to its study within recent years. Mention of East Coast Fever, Malaria, and Sleeping Sickness at once indicates the progress that has been effected since the time when Laveran (1880) described the parasite of Malaria and Ross (1893) the life cycle in the mosquito, lays bare our ignorance, and exposes the enormous field of research which must be covered before results, which will materially benefit the position from the zoological or from the practical and commercial point of view, can be achieved. All the parasites discussed in the following pages are to be encountered in the blood of the affected animal and can be studied in the ordinary film of blood or of organs, stained by one or other of the modifications of Romanowsky's method (Methylene blue-eosin). No mention is made here of the

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